A storage facility in Andrews County, Texas has received its first truckload of transuranic waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the U.S. Department of Energy and the New Mexico-based Nuclear Waste Partnership said Wednesday in a news release.

The truck arrived safely, and as many as 10 shipments per week are scheduled over the coming months, the release said.

The private facility, operated by Waste Control Specialists, will be paid up to $8.8 million to store the waste for as long as a year.

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How are these to be transported? By 18 wheelers? With the number of huge trucks that overturn in Texas, how do they plan to clean it up? This is disgusting. What is wrong with Texas? Putting more things in Texas to jeopardize our health is insane.

States Rights PREVENT the Feds /Obama from coming into a state WITHOUT the express consent of the GOVERNOR and the STATE legislators. Of course AUSTIN was WELL COMPENSATED and Perry gets to name a board to oversee it.

The one in New Mexico is pretty safe - they have only had two fires, one was a desk that caught fire, the other was a piece of equipment. The Radiation was really just enough to make the detectors chirp. The "news" just has a way of going "OMG RADIATION!!! EVERYONE IS GOING TO DIE!!!"

Meanwhile they have long forgotten about the real radiation problem: Fukushima

Texas billionaire builds waste sight. We will have to see where the money goes, or his money I should say. Is he a Republicans. I will research...http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2011/04/01/texas-billionaire-builds-giant-nuclear-waste-dump/

Perry contributor..... "More scientific concerns were voiced in this 2008 Texas Observer article “Good to Glow.“None of that, nor a history of accidental contaminations at the site, nor outcry from environmental groups, stopped Texas’ Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission from voting to approve the import of nuclear waste into Texas from other states. Six of the seven members of that commission were appointed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who reportedly received $250,000 in campaign cash from Simmons for the 2008 governor’s race.Ahhhh - Perry contributor!!!!http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2011/04/01/texas-billionaire-builds-giant-nuclear-waste-dump/

Fact, this is a private facility. This is not about Perry or the State getting federal money. The material is being stored on a limited basis. Despite some peoples posting about uranium in Houston's Waters, this is just not true. Fact is that uranium can be naturally found in the water across the state. It is in the geology.

The site in question has been extensively tested and studied for its fitness as a facility and has passed. The innuendo about contributions is nothing more than false conspiracy theories.

"The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality granted the company initial licenses in 2007 after conducting geological studies of the area. Three staff members at the commission resigned in protest after the licenses were granted, saying they did not believe the area had been proved safe for waste disposal." Blame the feds all you want; this one is on Texas for approving the site at the behest of former and now permanently residing in hell donor Harold Simmons

Mr. Davis, a review of the case demonstrates that the staff members actions were not justified based upon the evidence. The TWDB and the BEG already had extensive information on this area. The company who applied for the permit provided reams of data that was site specific that demonstrated that the state staffers who resigned were in error on their conclusion. But also mind you that those staffers opinions were not the only TCEQ regulators who examined the information and supported the application. The TCEQ Board based their decision on the totality of the record and evidence to approve the facility.

Wherever the weapons are, that's where the waste should be dumped as well! Maybe it'll ferment and that can recycle it! Hello! We sure as heck don't need it here, just because we have open country. Perhaps Arizona can use it! They're in w/the Government for everything!

I'm tired of west Texas being the dumpground for everyone else's problem. Nuclear dumps leak, always. That's why this waste gets hauled from Washington State to New Mexico and now to Texas. WCS pretends to be a private company, but their deal with the state is that Texas is responsible for cleaning up any mishaps there, while the company just collects the money for storage. Sure do wish they'd make the president of WCS live on-site.